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Some names on the family pages are in colour type. These denote the following:-
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| MAIN FAMILY SURNAMES |
| FAMILY PAGE | COMMENT |
| Banks | The Banks family are connected to my wife's family of Crowe through the first marriage of her father Eric Louis Crowe in Canada in 1920. The family were based in Longbridge Hayes, Staffordshire, England where John Charles Banks kept a Public House at 1 Peel Street. They emigrated to Canada after 1904 and settled eventually in Victoria, British Columbia. John died in 1920 but Mary Ann his wife survived until 1950 still living in Victoria, BC. |
| Bishop | The Bishop family are connected to me by marriage into the Simmons family in 1813 when Hannah Bishop (1789-1879) married William Simmons (1788-1858). George Bishop was my 5G Grandfather. There are still Bishops living in the village of Priddy. |
| Chell | At the moment I can trace my branch of the Chell family back to 1784 and I have found that they originated in Fritchley, Derbyshire. However the information regarding the Chell family is increasing all the time with snippets of infomation from one source leading to fresh discoveries. For instance since publishing the original Chell family page in April 2001 I have received a copy of Edward Chell's obituary (available from the Chell family page) which caused me to modify my original findings. Also the 1891 census for Norfolk pointed me to a Sarah Chell in Bolton. Acknowledgements: I am indebted to Alan S Flint, webmaster of the Crich Village Pages from which I have used for some of my pre-1881 information. Information given to me by Margaret Patton has contributed most of the information about Edward's family. Selina Chell's family was found with the help of Stephen Chapman . Another source of information is Jaqueline Bushell of Sussex who gives me snippets of information as she discovers them whilst researching her own branch of the family. Now (June 2002) I have been contacted by Kim Rogers (Jaqueline's sister) and also Betty Shillingford who corrected my assumptions regarding the origins of Mary Ann Pearson, Thomas Chell's wife |
| Crowe | My wifes family always thought that there were relatives of her father's (Eric Louis Crowe) somewhere in North America. At last after many years we made contact with her cousin Margaret Crowe (Grove) and alos discovered some surprises.Thanks are due to Ray and Margaret (Crowe) Grove who supplied me with a book they had compiled about the family which filled in many details enabling me to complete this family page. I can do no better than quote from their book regarding the origins of the Crowe Family. "... Our search for the origin of the CROWE family ended with the birth of the first family member in Ireland and based on his place of birth and the family history of military service it is possible that [he was not an only child]. Proof of this still eludes us but it is logical to assume that Timothy was the son of a serving soldier stationed in Ireland so his parents could have been [from elswhere in the British Isles]..." |
| Dobson | I am only in the early stages of researching the Dobson family. Because Arthur and Alfred were common forenames in the late 1800's I am awaiting more definite information before I can go any further. |
| Fowell | The Fowell family came to my notice because Sarah Fowell married Edward Chell my Gt Gt Uncle. However other Fowells were discovered through Edward Chell's obituary and I carried on from there using the census to add to my information. Some of my information was incorrect and I must thank Richard Green and his Fowell Family Pages for putting me back on the 'straight and narrow'. His pages cover the Fowell family in greater detail than I have together with the connection with other Norfolk families. He also includes an insight into the Traction Engine businesses in Thetford. |
| Goff | The information that I have about my Goff line is sparse at the present. I know that my GtGt Grandfather was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire and that he moved to Christchurch, Hampshire where he married and had three children. My Gt Grandfather was the only one of the three to move to London where my Grandfather was born in Bethnal Green, my Father in Marylebone and me, because of WW2, in Stafford. One of my Gt Gt Uncles (John) stayed in Purwell a village near Christchurch, where he was brought up and was still there in the 1881 census. My other Gt Gt Uncle (George) had a son George Henry in Christchurch in 1870 but the family does not appear in the 1881 census. Did they emigrate?? |
| Goodwin | The Goodwin family started out as Goodings but the name changed to Goodwin either through design or misspelling at some time in the mid 1700's. Thomas Gooding was my 5G Grandfather on my maternal grandmothers side. This branch of the family was researched by my cousin Diana Freeman who gave me her results for which I am grateful. |
| Griffin | The Griffin family are distantly connected to my family. The great granddaughter of William Griffin married into the Ramsey family and her grandson John Ramsey married Jemima Simmons. This branch then emigrated to North America in 1860. They first went to Ontario in Canada then crossed into USA and settled in North Dakota. The descendants of John and Jemima are still in North Dakota and California and I am awaiting information from them which will allow me to update this and the Ramsey family pages. |
| Haughey | Charles Haughey and Timothy Crowe, my wife's GtGt Grandfather, were both in the same Regiment in Ireland. Charles' daughter married Timothy. Both the Haughey and the Crowe families had a military background both being posted to India in the mid 1800's before returning to retirement in England. |
| Langdon | My second name results from the marriage of Elizabeth Langdon to my Gt Grandfather Charles Goff. At the present time I have only the information that Benjamin was born in Selworthy, Somerset and that his father, John, was a farmer. Until I can search the Parish Records in Somerset this is as far as I have got. |
| Main | The Main family of Priddy, Somerset are connected to my Simmons family through the marriage of Robert Main to Sarah Simmons in October 1820. |
| Malpass | John Henry Malpass was the grandfather of May Banks who was the first wife of Eric Louis Crowe. The Malpass family is still being investigated . |
| Parker | When Lydia Crowe remarried she went to California where her son Arthur Crowe marrried Ida Pearl Parker. Their daughter Margaret (Peg) is my wife's first cousin and is the source of much information about the Crowe and connected families |
| Patton | Details of the Patton family can be found on the Chell family page where it will be seen that James Dudley Patton married Gwendoline May Chell |
| Pearson | The Pearson family are my direct ancestors through my paternal grandmother. Joseph Pearson is my 3Gt Grandfather |
| Punt | A member of the Punt family married Selena Chell my Great Aunt. There is also a connection with Enever which has yet to be investigated further . |
| Ramsey | John Ramsey (1817) married Jemima Simmons and they and their nine children emigrated to USA via Canada. Their descendants are still there, some of them still living in the same state, North Dakota, as John and Jemima. I am awaiting further information from America at which time I will update this family's page. |
| Rankin | The Rankin name supposedly originated in Flanders during the twelfth century. Although the family came to America in 1750 the family's connection with our Crowe family was through marriage in 1925. Robert Rankin was involved in the setting up of Johnson County, MO and was one of the first justices of the county court.< /font> |
| Rowe | The Rowe family originates in Lincolnshire and is my maternal grandmother's line. The information has been researched by Diana Freeman, my cousin, who has given me her findings. |
| Savage | Charles Savage (1831) married Angelina Simmons in 1851. I do not know much more about the Savage family except that my grandmother Ethel Simmons used to write regularly to a Mrs Savage in the 1950's |
| Simmons | This branch of the Simmons family are all descended from William Simmons who was born in Priddy, Somerset in 1719. The family is extensive due to the large families of the earlier generations. There are still Simmons' in Priddy who are related to most of the other older families in the village including Bishop, Baker, Main, Weeks and Weston |
| Singleton | The the descendants of John Singleton are my cousins through the marriage of John Arthur Singleton to my Gt Aunt, Lillie Maud Rowe |
| Stitfall | Harriet Stittfall the daughter of Ann Stittfall married James Simmons about 1818. Several of their descendants emigrated. The Ramseys to North Dakota and Canada, the Simmons to North Dakota and Massachusetts and one Simmons to South Africa. |
| Swaby | The Swaby family of Lincolnshire are my direct ancestors through my maternal grandmother. Thomas Swaby is my 7Gt Grandfather. |
| Thomas | John Thomas is the 4Gt Grandfather of Rita Crowe. Her branch of the Thomas family originated in Helston, Cornwall and came to London in about 1863. |
| Tilbury | Research is still ongoing for this family. The Tilburys are my wife's grandmother's family . |
| Weeks | The Weeks are connected to the Simmons family through the marriage of Caroline Weeks to John Simmons my Gt Gt Uncle in 1842 |
| Wilmot | The Wilmot family is connected to the Ramsey and Simmons families thriough marriage. They originate in North Curry and over the generations have reached most of North Somerset, Canada and USA. |
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